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Modulating Leaching Behavior of Boscalid Fungicide in Soil Through Organic Amendments Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sonal Negi, Anjana Srivastava, Satya Pratap Pachauri, Anand Pathak, Prakash Chandra Srivastava
The leaching loss and movement of pesticides need to be minimized to safeguard the aquatic environment and human health. In a laboratory study, the changes in the leaching and downward movement beh...
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An Assessment of Metal Pollution in the Surface Sediments of an East Antarctic Lake Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 G.S. Joju, Anish Kumar Warrier, A.S Yamuna Sali, Marcos A.E. Chaparro, B.S. Mahesh, Amrutha K, Balakrishna K, Rahul Mohan
This study discusses the metal concentrations and sedimentological data from Lake L55, a dried, land-locked lake from Schirmacher Oasis, East Antarctica. Toxic metals in sediments are a major threa...
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Enhancing Lead Passivation in Contaminated Soil: Impacts of the Chemical Modification of Oxygen-Containing Groups (OCGs) on the Surface of Hydrochar Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-10 Zicheng Dai, Xuan Chen, Lianying Xia, Lixiang Wang, Jianfeng Zhang
In this study, we selected walnut shell-derived pristine HC (pHC) and two modified derivatives obtained by oxidative and alkali treatments (designated mHC-O and mHC-A, respectively) to investigate ...
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Insights into Agricultural Soil Contamination by a Veterinary Antibiotic TYLOSIN Through Continuous Run-Off Conditions Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Soumaya Tadjine, Fairouz Khalida Kies
Broad-spectrum veterinary antibiotic tylosin (TYL) is utilized in livestock and poultry. Due of its extensive usage and animal excretion in urine and feces, it affects the environment and human hea...
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A Comparative Study on Speciation and Availability Risk of Toxic and Potentially Toxic Elements in Different Groups of Sediments in the Dar-E-Allo Copper Mine, SE Iran Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Hoda Bavi, Reza Moussavi-Harami, Mohamad Hosein Mahmudy Gharaie, Hamed Zand-Moghadam
The present study has been performed to evaluate the prospective effects of toxic and potentially toxic elements (TPTEs) on different groups of sediments in mining area. Fractionation of metal and ...
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Organochlorine Insecticide-Dicofol Resilience in Soil Ecosystems: Sorption, Persistence, and Fate Investigations Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-24 Sara Majid, Khuram Shahzad Ahmad, Muhammad Azad Malik, Abdulnasser M. Karami
Understanding of dicofol’s behavior in soil is crucial for more precise pest control and minimal environmental effect. Therefore, the goal of this study was to assess how the physicochemical charac...
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Evaluation of Coastal Sediments for Heavy Metal Contamination, Bhavnagar Coast, Gulf of Khambhat, Gujarat, India Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Hardik Giri Gosai, Pradeep Mankodi
This research examined heavy metals distribution and potential environmental impact in seven locations along the Bhavnagar coast in Gujarat, India. The study used several analyses, including hierar...
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Variability of Metal(loid) Contamination in Road Dust from an Urban Park and a Traffic Intersection Between Two Rainfall Events and Its Implications Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Xiaoyu Wang, Enfeng Liu, Zhaolin Wang, Jinling Xu, Lin Liu, Bibhash Nath, Yuxin Zhu
Metal(loid) pollutants in road dust (road-deposited sediment) show obvious seasonal characteristics under the influence of sources. However, the short-term (days to weeks) variations of metal conta...
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Pore Fluid Dielectric Constant Effect on Geotechnical and Geo-Environmental Properties of Smectite and Kaolinite Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Vahid Reza Ouhadi, Mohammad Goli
Organic compounds pose significant environmental concerns, including groundwater contamination. Clays are commonly used as liners to prevent contaminant permeation into the groundwater tables, nece...
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Changes in Microbial Community and Activity Caused by Application of Silkworm Excrement and Biochar Under Atrazine Stress in Soil Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-18 He Huang, Kai Zhong, Jun Tan, Xinyu Nong, Junxian Chen, Chaolan Zhang
Silkworm excrement (SE) and silkworm excrement-derived biochar (BC) were applied to atrazine-contaminated soil at the rates of 0% and 0.5% (w/w), respectively. The effect of organic amendments on s...
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Soil Contamination and Ecological Risk Assessment of Different Types of Lithuanian Shooting Ranges Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Jūratė Mankė, Auksė Daukšytė, Marius Praspaliauskas, Nerijus Pedišius, Gintarė Sujetovienė
Contamination at shooting ranges is a growing concern due to the accumulation of potentially toxic elements in the soil. The aim of the study was to determine the level of soil contamination in dif...
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Concentration and Ecological Risk of Heavy Metals in River Sediments of a Developing Country: A Meta-Analysis Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Rifat Shahid Shammi, Md. Sirajul Islam, Md. Samrat Hossain, Marjana Yeasmin, Md. Saiful Islam, Md. Humayun Kabir, Md. Mehedi Hasan Khan, Md. Aktarujjaman, Abdullah Al Bakky, Zulhilmi Ismail, Khalid A. Ibrahim, Rahmah N. Al-Qthanin, Abubakr M. Idris
Heavy metals (HMs) contamination in sediment presents a straightforward issue, particularly noticeable in developing nations. Addressing this problem requires an extensive inquiry into the present ...
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Final Residues, Dissipation Dynamics and Dietary Risk Assessment of Cupric Nonyl Phenolsulfonate in Citrus and Soil Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Xiufeng Duan, Hanbing Du, Na Yan, Lianghong Xu, Xiaoyun Yang, Hanhong Xu
Field trials were conducted in two consecutive years to evaluate the terminal residue levels, dissipation trend of cupric nonyl phenolsulfonate in citrus and soil. Analyses were carried out using Q...
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Numerical Analysis of the Effect of Crude Oil Pollution on Vertical Clay Trenches Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-02-01 Kamran Rahgooy, Alireza Rasouli, Shahriar Mardpour, Amin Bahamanpour, Fereshteh Emami
The presence of oil contamination causes changes in mechanical properties of clayey soil trenches with low liquid limits (CL) such as stress-strain behavior, rupture plain position, plastic zone, a...
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Spatial Distribution, Risk Assessment and Sources of Heavy Metals in Roadside Soils Exposed to the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng Intercity Railway in Huanghuai Plain, China Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 Haijing Duan, Chaoyue Peng, Yanhong Liu, Chen Guo, Yangyang Wang, Yulong Wang
Heavy metal accumulation in soil can seriously harm human health, and it is necessary to identify the accumulation status and access the potential risks for local pollution control and sustainable ...
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Spatial Distribution, Risk Assessment, and Provenance of Heavy Metals Contamination in the Sediments of the Gilgit River Basin, Northern Pakistan Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Ayaz Ul Haq, Said Muhammad, Ashfaq Ahmad
Gilgit River Basin (GRB) is one of the primary fluvial aquatic systems flowing through Gilgit-Baltistan and a water source for recreation, fisheries, irrigation, and drinking to more than 1.8 milli...
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Assessment of Heavy Metal Pollution and Health Risks in a Government-Intervened Electronic Waste Dismantling Area in South China Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Yan Yang, Jinhui Zhang, Pengcheng Chen, Haojia Chen
Efficient control of heavy metal pollution necessitates a comprehensive understanding of pollutant sources. In this study, we conducted a thorough investigation of 11 metals in the soil of an elect...
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Mobilization of Cadmium and Arsenic During Anoxic-Oxic Alteration in Paddy Soils: A Vital Role of Manganese Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Xuewei Wang, Qingling Fu, Jun Zhu, Lingchuan Fang, Hongqing Hu
Flooding and drainage of paddy fields can induce the activation of soil cadmium (Cd)/arsenic (As), which will accumulate in rice grains and threaten human health. Mn oxides influence soil Cd and As...
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Ecological Risks Assessment Arising from the Atmospheric Deposition of Heavy Metals in the River Indus Near Kotri Barrage, Sindh, Pakistan Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Samiullah, Uzma Bhanbhro, Kaleemullah Shaikh
This study aims to assess ecological risks from heavy metal atmospheric deposition in the Indus River at Kotri Barrage, Sindh, Pakistan. Monitoring occurred at four locations, yielding 40 air sampl...
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Connectivity of Geochemical Composition of Sediments and Soils in the Large Urban River Catchment Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Snežana Štrbac, Milica Kašanin-Grubin, Lato Pezo, Biljana Lončar, Nataša Stojić, Ljiljana Ćurčić, Mira Pucarević
This article aimed to identify sources and transport pathways of macro- and microelements in large urbanized rivers under significant anthropogenic pressure. To achieve the objective of this study,...
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Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination and Ecological Risk in Soils Developed on Different Rock Types in Southern Bundelkhand Region, Central India Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Khalid M. Ghasera, Shaik A. Rashid
This study assesses heavy metal (HM) concentrations and ecological risks in soils derived from granite (GrS), basalt (BtS), and amphibolite (AmS) rocks in southern Bundelkhand, central India. HM an...
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Prediction of Heavy Metal Pollution in Soil Based on SSA-XGBoost Model and 3D Geological Model Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Baoshun Liu, Yingnan Liu, Zijing Zhang
The problem of soil heavy metal pollution in decommissioned sites has become an environmental threat and challenge faced by countries around the world. Establishing a high-precision 3D model of con...
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Application of Arabidopsis thaliana in the Remediation of Soil Pollution : Evidence from the Earthworm-Microbe-Arabidopsis System Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-14 Yufen Zi, Bincheng Tang, Change Liu, Minghui Yu, Jinquan Chen, Changqun Duan
Presence of cadmium in soil affects the growth status of plants; research on the underlying mechanism has focused on its lethal and sublethal consequences in plants, ignoring the impacts of soil or...
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Predicting Cyanide Degradability and Destruction Using Artificial Neural Networks: A Case Study in West Azerbaijan, Iran” Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Sakineh Rostami Tarzam, Farid Gholamreza Fahimi, Reza Amirnejad, Ahmad Tavana, Aptin Rahnavard
The presence of cyanide compounds in soil can lead to the formation and evaporation of hydrogen cyanide (HCN), while some of these compounds can undergo conversion by microorganisms present in the ...
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Using Plant Growth Regulators to Stimulate Growth of Napier Grass Under Atrazine Contamination Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Khanitta Somtrakoon, Chalida Thala, Chonthicha Thinnok, Chonthicha Thumjan, Waraporn Chouychai
Phytotoxic effects of herbicides have been reported on non-target plant species. This study was performed to investigate the growth of Napier grass cv. Pak Chong 1 in herbicide atrazine-contaminate...
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Phytotoxic Effect of Dibutyl Phthalate, Dimethyl Phthalate, Diethyl Phthalate and Di-N-Octyl Phthalate on Malondialdehyde Content and Total Phenolic Content of Leaves and Roots of Edible Plants Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Sadia Ismail Shah, Sofia Nosheen, Mamoona, Saira Riaz, Sarah Shahid, Mateen Abbas, Tahira Aziz Mughal
Environmental pollutants act as stressors for plants, inducing different stresses like physiological changes, variation in nutritional value, biochemical stress and photosynthetic blockage, and foo...
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Microplastic Abundance and Distribution in the Sediment of Cagayan de Oro River, Philippines Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Aiza D. Gabriel, Hernando P. Bacosa
Microplastics (MPs), or plastic particles smaller than 5 mm, are emerging contaminants that potentially affect aquatic species and humans. More research has been undertaken in the marine environmen...
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Modeling the Geotechnical Properties of Small Soil Samples of Oil Polluted Soil: The Power of Supervised Machine Learning Models Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-27 Alphonso Nwabueze Nwachukwu, Desmond Chekwube Bartholomew
Increasing levels of oil spills in both the terrestrial and aquatic environments destroy aquatic life and crops, fill the air with dangerous fumes, and change the physical and chemical features of ...
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Heavy Metals Pollution in Various Grain Sizes Under Different Land-Use Types in Urban Surface Dust in Shenyang City, China Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Hui Wang, Dongrui Guo, Yangfan Zhao, Xuetang Huang, Yinggang Wang, Hao Wu, Xiaoxu Wang
In this study, surface dust samples were collected within the second ring road of Shenyang City under different land-use types, and the concentration and chemical speciation of metals in different ...
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Risk assessment of soil and wheat pollution by heavy metals around Zanjan cement factory, Northwest Iran Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-23 Behzad Amiri, Mohammad-Amir Delavar, Yaser Safari
This study aimed to evaluate the extent of the risk of lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) in the soil and wheat plants grown around the Zanjan cement factory in Northwest Iran and to assess the accuracy of...
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Correction Notice Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-22
Published in Soil and Sediment Contamination: An International Journal (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Environmental implications of illegal heavy metal mining in the Shalten area, Egypt’s Eastern Desert Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Haitham Abd Eirhman, Abu El Hagag N. Ahmed, Kholoud M. AbdelMaksoud
Most of Africa’s illegal mining operations are conducted in rural areas, but along the Red Sea coast, they primarily occur in the Eastern Desert, where they are regarded as the major source of reve...
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Total and Bioaccesible Metal Concentrations in Surficial Sediment Affected by a Mining Spill: Case of Sonora River, Northwest of Mexico Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Jara-Marini Martín Enrique, García-Valencia Marco Antonio, Valle-Salgado Itzel Daniela, Sánchez-Duarte Martín Enrique
Metals and metalloids are persistent contaminants that are associated with many anthropogenic activities and mining in particular. On August 6, 2014, approximately 40,000 m3 of toxic acid mining wa...
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Sorption and transport of atrazine for stable manure-amended agricultural soil from Kahramanmaraş, Turkey Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Mustafa Emre Tuncel, Umit Yildiz, Yusuf Uras, Gokce Akyol, Cafer Ozkul, Nihat Hakan Akyol
This study investigated how adding stable manure affected the transport of atrazine within agricultural soils from Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. Based on the batch and miscible-displacement experiments, i...
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Spatial Variation, Ecological Risk, and Point Sources of Environmental Trace Metals in Lacustrine Ecosystems: An Assessment of Natural and Urban Inputs Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Armel Zacharie Ekoa Bessa
To gain insights into the spatial distribution, ecological risk and origins of heavy metals in surface sediments of lacustrine ecosystems in Cameroon, the content of 7 trace metals (Fe, Cr, Zn, Cu,...
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Determination of Residues and Degradation Kinetics of Oryzalin in Different Soils of Soybean Ecosystem Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Shishir Tandon, Suman Lata Pal, Satyendra Kumar
Dinitroanilines group are persistent pesticides and important pollutants of soil and water. Their dissipation is needed to accurately predict the environmental risk entailing its use in different e...
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Shortened Sequential Extraction Procedure: An Effective and Time-Saving Determination of Trace Metals Over Sediments Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Nabil Bouazizi, Fabienne Baraud, Mélanie Lemoine, Lydia Leleyter
In this work, the seven-step extraction procedure (SSEP) proposed by our laboratory team was modified to reduce the number of fractions from seven to five (FSEP) without affecting its effectiveness...
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Characterization of Microplastics and Associated Heavy Metals in Urban Soils Affected by Anthropogenic Littering: Distribution, Spatial Variation, and Influence of Soil Properties Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-12-03 Archana Prajapati, Pradip Sahebrao Jadhao, Ankur Khare, Atul Narayan Vaidya, Asirvatham Ramesh Kumar, Sera Das
Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous in terrestrial and marine environments. This research work studied the occurrence, distribution of MPs and heavy metals associated with these MPs in soils of diff...
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Mono and Competitive Adsorption-Desorption of Cd, Co, Cu, and Zn in Ten Agricultural and Greenhouse Soils Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-26 Mohsen Jalali, Somayeh Bahramian Ragheb, Somayeh Moharami
Long-term application of organic and inorganic fertilizers increases the possibility of contamination of greenhouse soils with heavy metals. This study investigated heavy metals (Cd, Co, Cu, and Zn...
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Change in Morphometrical Properties of Surface Cracks on a Petroleum-Contaminated Soil Inoculated by Microorganisms Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Azam Mumzaei, Seyed Hamidreza Sadeghi, Behrouz Zarei Darki, Mehdi Homaee
Modifying soil surface conditions is essential in managing water and soil resources. Although the use of soil microorganisms in the bioengineering management in soil and water conservation has been...
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SoilSpatvis: WEB Application for Geographical Data Visualization with R Language for Assessing Soil Pollution Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Efdal Kaya, Erman Şentürk, Arzu Erener, Cafer Özkul, Nihat Hakan Akyol
Recently, user-friendly internet-based applications are becoming popular in parallel with rapidly developing technology. With the growing information technology, computing power, and wealth of data...
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Assessment of Chromium, Cadmium and Lead Concentrations in Former Quarries Substrates Using Spectrophotometer and Pollution Indices Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-12 Sharaf Musa Al-Tardeh, Amal Nooreldeen Abuirmeila, Hatim Salim, Ahd Mamood Mubarak, Moyasser Husam Abdin, Dana Hossam Abukhaled
Quarries are regarded as crucial cornerstones of national economic development in Palestine. But they also have detrimental effects on the ecosystem and biological resources. Determination of the a...
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Combined Effects of Microbial Inoculation and Activated Carbon/Biochar on the Accumulation and Transfer of Nutrients and Potentially Toxic Metals in Maize Plants Grown on a Contaminated Soil Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Rahma A. Kotby, Hashem M. Mohamed, Hala H. Gomah, Adel R.A. Usman
This study was conducted in a greenhouse pot experiment to assess the effects of biochar (BC) or activated carbon (AC) alone or in combination with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus (AMF) Glomus mossea...
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Analysis and Assessment of the Soil Environment Around a Plateau Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Plant Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Wenwu Zhou, Zeng Dan, Dean Meng, Jiachen Guo, Peng Zhou, Guanyi Chen
To understand the source, distribution and degree of pollution of heavy metals in the soil around a plateau municipal solid waste incineration plant, a municipal solid waste incineration plant in L...
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Synergistic Interactions in Enzyme Activities During Vermiremediation of Heavy Metals (HMs) Polluted Soil: Elucidating the Impact of Eudrilus eugeniae Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Glory Borah, Hemen Deka
The vermiremediation potential of Eudrilus eugeniae was assessed in heavy metals (HMs) contaminated soil in a microcosm experiment. In detail, efficacy of E. eugeniae was investigated in terms of r...
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Assessment of Heavy Metals Contamination and Potential Ecological Risk in Surface Sediments of the El Bey Wadi, Tunisia Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Sonia Dhaouadi, Samir Ghannem, Sabri Kanzari, Imed Ben slimene, Samia Khadhar, Amor Ben moussa
Sebkhat Soliman included in the Ramsar Convention is a wetland of international importance. This area is of great ecological interest considering the quality and the richness of the flora and the d...
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Trace Metal Based Eco-Biological and Health Risk Status of Surface Water and Sediments of Noyyal River Basin, Tamil Nadu, India Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-19 Subramanian Abirami, Krishna Kadirvelu, Sushmitha Baskar
Pollution in the Noyyal river is a well-known and documented issue and recently, heavy metal contamination has become a serious issue requiring immediate attention. So, to understand the severity o...
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Heavy Metal Contamination in Topsoil in Mining-Plagued Communities in the Amansie West District, Ghana Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-20 Akua Osaa Awuah, Boateng Kyereh
This study was conducted in five randomly selected small-scale mining communities in the Amansie West District of Ashanti Region, Ghana to assess the impacts of small-scale mining activities on hea...
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Exploring the Potential of Fucoxanthin Treatment to Alleviate Microplastic Pollution Effects on Maize Growth Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Farzad Rassaei
Fucoxanthin (FX) is a natural pigment that is found in brown seaweeds, diatoms, and other marine organisms. FX helps to improve the soil’s physical and chemical properties. FX has been shown to hav...
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Comparison of Sampling Designs for Soil Sediment Source Fingerprinting Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Nasrin Gharahi, Azita Gheibipor, Rafat Zare Bidaki, Rasool Zamani‑Ahmadmahmoodi
ABSTRACT Sediment fingerprinting is increasingly being used to provide information that can help guide management decisions at the watershed scale. The objectives of this study were to investigate the implications of different sediment fingerprinting sampling designs on characterizing sediment dynamics in the Beheshtabad Watershed in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province, western Iran. First, nitrogen
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Stabilization of Lead and Zinc Nitrate-Contaminated Low Plasticity Clayey Soil Using Metakaolin Geopolymer Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-09-07 AmirAli Zad, Michael Kazemzadeh
ABSTRACT Contamination of soil threatens the environment and can have a negative effect on soil strength parameters. Soil stabilization is one way to address this issue. In the present study, metakaolin geopolymer was used to stabilize contaminated clay. Initially, the effects of the concentration on the soil parameters was investigated. A combination of lead nitrate and zinc nitrate at a 1:1 ratio
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Stubble Burning Effect On Soil’s Dielectric Behavior: An Exploration Of Machine Learning-Based Modelling Approaches Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-23 Prachi Palta, Prabhdeep Kaur
ABSTRACT Stubble burning is a conventional technique of residue management that has affected the physio-chemical properties of the soils. In soil sciences, dielectric properties of soils using radio and microwave-based remote sensing have huge applications. Thus, presented paper has studied the burning effects of stubble on soil’s physical, chemical and dielectric properties ( ε ′and ε ′′). Moreover
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Metal(loid)s as Hydrologic Tracers for Particle Transport via Fluvial Processes from the Yellow Pine Mine and Mill in an Arid Environment of Southern Nevada, USA Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-14 Douglas B Sims, Andressa C Buch, Amanda C Hudson, Mark Garner, John E Keller, Desta Woldetsadik, Paul McBurnett, Kazumasa Lindley, Tshivute Iipinge, Mouloud Ait Mechedal, Jennifer Arostegui, Ryan A. Busch, Liliauna E Beckstrom, Joseph J. Piacentini
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to provide a broader view of the transport and mobilization of metal(loid)s in sediments from the Yellow Pine Mill site in Goodsprings, Nevada. This mine was principally a lead ore operation located in the township of Goodspring, Nevada. From the two wash systems originating from processed tailing piles of the mill the contaminant migration was evaluated. Concentrations
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Fast Direct Oxidation of All Alkanes in Soil by Hydrophilic Fe-SOM Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Jinlan Xu, Lu Liu, Qihang Shi, Zezhuang Cao, Yuetong Rong, Fengsen Li
ABSTRACT Conventional Fenton chemical oxidation was more difficult to directly oxid all alkanes of long, mid and short-chain alkanes in oil-contaminated soil. To investigate the direct and fast oxidation mechanism of all alkanes in the soil by the fast oxidation group using two different soils for the direct oxidation experiments. The results showed that the hydrophilic Fe-SOM rich in hydrophilic groups
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Effect of Conventional and Conservation Agriculture Practices on Dissipation of Metribuzin and Clodinafop-Propargyl, Soil Enzymatic and Microbial Activities in Wheat in a Rice-Wheat System Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-13 Pervinder Kaur, Deepali Jain, Makhan Singh Bhullar
ABSTRACT Soil enzymes and microbial activity are an indicator of soil quality for assessing the sustainability of agricultural ecosystems. The present study determined the persistence of metribuzin and clodinafop-propargyl and response of soil quality indicators to (1) conservation agriculture (continuous zero tillage and surface residue retention) and conventional agriculture (continuous tillage and
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Chemo-Mechanical Behavior of Bentonite-Sand Mixtures Inundated with Organic Pore-Fluid Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Shafi Kamal Rahman, Binu Sharma, Partha Das
ABSTRACT Bentonite-sand mixture is considered to be a potential liner material for landfill facilities owing to its excellent sorption potential and swelling characteristics. Such liner materials are expected to perform satisfactorily if the hydraulic conductivity is maintained less than 10−7 cm/s and thereby inhibiting the migration of the generated leachate. However, the performance assessment of
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Assessment of Sediment Quality Through Multiple Geochemical Proxies in a Heavily Industrialized Harbor Area in South America, Santos Estuarine Channel, São Paulo, Brazil Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Jessica de Freitas Delgado, Valquíria M. C. Aguiar, Leonardo S. Lima, José Antônio Baptista Neto, Estefan Monteiro da Fonseca
ABSTRACT The aim of the present study was to evaluate bottom sediments quality in 32 stations at Santos Estuarine Channel, home to one of the main international ports in South America, and to the Cubatão industrial complex, the most important petrochemical and metallurgical area in Brazil. Sediment quality was approached through contamination (mCd), ecological (PEI, SQG-Q, PLI) and geoaccumulation
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Magnetic Susceptibility as Proxy for Metal Concentrations and Their Risk Levels in Vaigai River Sediment, Tamilnadu, India: Horizontal and Vertical Approach Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 K. Paramasivam, V. Ramasamy, G. Suresh, R.M. Vimalathithan
ABSTRACT Horizontal and vertical distributions of heavy metals (Al, Fe, Mg, Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) and magnetic susceptibility of Vaigai river sediment have been assessed to know the heavy metal toxicity and magnetic behavior of the sediment. The present study intentionally shows the magnetic susceptibility as proxy for metal concentrations and their risk levels of sediment. Univariate statistical
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Influence of Modified Biochar on Soil Fluoride and Cadmium Speciation and Their Bioavailability to Tea Seedling (Camellia Sinensis L.) Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Xin Li, Yili Qi, Xiaoqing Zhang, Zhihua Chen, Wangsheng Chen, Bo Zhao, Dajun Ren, Shuqin Zhang
ABSTRACT Biochar is widely used as a good soil amendment, while knowledge of modified biochar application in tea garden soils contaminated by fluoride (F) and cadmium (Cd) is insufficient. The tea seedling (Camellia sinensis L.) growth assay was performed to evaluate interaction of soil Cd and F and the improving effect of aluminum trichloride-modified corn stalk biochar (Al-BC) on their speciation
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Occurrence, bioavailability, and environmental risk of heavy metals and metalloids in the sediment and drawdown area of fengshuba drinking water reservoir Soil Sediment Contam. (IF 2.0) Pub Date : 2023-06-20 Jing Wang, Kangping Cui, Xiaowei Liu, Hongjie Chen, Yihan Chen
ABSTRACT Heavy metal and metalloid pollution in reservoir systems has attracted widespread attention due to their toxic, persistent, and nonbiodegradable characteristics. This study investigated the distribution and risks of heavy metals and metalloids in the sediment and drawdown area of the Fengshuba reservoir system. Sediment phase exhibited substantial heavy metal and metalloid pollution and higher